Improvement in farm-fences



section of the fence as built.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BETTIS, OF HANOVER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARMV-FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,073, dated August 14, 1866,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BETTIS, of the town of Hanover, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented an Im-A provement in Farm-Fences 5 and I do hereby declare `that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto. the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure I is a perspective view, showing a Fig. II is a topedge view, showing the beveled and lapping ends of the boards or rails. Fig. III is also a top-edge view, showing the manner of inserting a wedge between the beveled and lapping ends ofthe boards or rails. Fig. IV is an elevation of an iron post supported in a foundation-stone, with the hooks or staplesconneeted therewith, showing the construction of the hooks or staples and the mannerof fastening them to theposts.

rIhe nature of this invention consists, first, in the construction and use of a hook or staple for holding the boards or rails, having a single or double loop, which clasps the post andis made fast thereto; second, in the construction and use of a staple orhook having a single or double loop `which slides over the post, Aand is made adjustable thereon and fastened thereto by means of a key or wedge.'

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the ligures. y

A represents a round iron post of` any re` stone is set in the earth as a foundation in a` common manner.

An embankment may or may not be, as preferred, raised along the line of the fence.

i C represents an iron hook or staple, which is devised as a cheap and effective means of holding and supporting the boards or rails of the fence. It has a single loop, asshown most clearly at c', Fig. IV, or a double loop,as shown the post, dispensing with the adjustable feature, they may be put on hot, or, as is known among mechanics, shrunk 011.7? i

E represents narrow boards or rails of any required length, usedgfor the purpose of making the fence. These are beveled at their lappingeuds, as shownin Figs. II and III,` i

and are intended'to ll (or nearly fill) the space between the hook and post. not lit sufficiently tight in the hook a Wooden wedge may be driven in, as shown at-f, Fig. III.

Extra single loop-hooks are used on a pots wherever it is desirable to change the direction of the fence, as shown at y, Fig. I.

Narrow boards, split rails, or round poles may be used in connection with these hooks,

and hence it is evident that a very cheap and a-very strong fence may be made upon the principle ofthis improvement, and the improvement will render available either of the said lmaterials for rails in any part of the country where either is most abundant.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is@

1. The hook C, asa means of holding and connecting the rails and post, made either with a sin gle or double loop, substantially as herein described. v

2. The hook or staple C, with a single or double loop, made adjustable on the post by means of the key or Wedge d, substantially JOHN s. BETTIs.

' as set forth.

Witnesses:

B. H. MUEHLE, E. B. FORBUSH.

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